''Arthuriana'' is a quarterly journal published by the
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
n branch of the International Arthurian Society. Its focus is on the
Arthurian legend
The Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. It was one of the three great Wester ...
. The four annual issues are published in February, May, October, and December.
History
The journal began in 1979 as a quarterly newsletter, ''Quondam et Futurus: Newsletter for Arthurian Studies'', published with support from
Birmingham-Southern College and edited by independent scholar Mildred Leake Day of
Gardendale, Alabama
Gardendale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a northern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 16,044 at the 2020 census.
History
A large farm settlement near the area today known as Gardendale was settled around 1825 ...
.
Henry Hall Peyton III, a professor at
Memphis State University
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The University of Memphis (UofM) is a public university, public research university in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1912, the university has an enrollment of more than 22,000 students.
The university maintains the Herff College of Engineering ...
, founded a similar newsletter, ''Arthurian Interpretations,'' in 1986. In 1991 the two publications merged to become the quarterly journal ''Quondam et Futurus: A Journal of Arthurian Interpretations'', with Peyton as editor. In 1994 the journal was renamed ''Arthuriana''.
["History of Arthuriana of Special Interest to Librarians and Cataloguers", ''Arthuriana - Arthur Complete - Frames'', http://www.arthuriana.org/arthurhist.htm, accessed 26 May 2012.]
References
External links
Official Site
Arthurian legend
Quarterly journals
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